People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Владимир Владимирович Маяковский
The revolution’s megaphone and satirist
Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1893–1930
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Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба
Stalin's closest friend turned Beria's first victim: the red prince of Abkhazia
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1936
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Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky Владимир Иванович Полонский
Bolshevik Orgotdel chief and trade-union officer purged in 1937
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1937
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Semyon Petrovich Uritsky Семён Петрович Урицкий
GRU chief who expanded Soviet military intelligence, then fell to the Great Purge
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1938
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Semyon Grigoryevich Roshal Семён Григорьевич Рошаль
The 21-year-old commissar who brought Kronstadt sailors to the revolution
Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1896–1917
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Leonid Petrovich Serebryakov Леонид Петрович Серебряков
The Left Opposition secretary whom Lenin called a 'brilliant worker'
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1888/1890–1937